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Over 450 people attended the 2010 Texas Economic Outlook Friday, February 26, 11-1 p.m., at the City of San Marcos Conference Center to hear keynoter Dr. John Duca, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and three Texas State Univeristy economists, Dr. Paul R. Gowens, Dr. James LeSage and Dr. David Beckworth, shed some light on current economic conditions.
“We have a limited number of sponsorship opportunities and limited seating this year, so we are encouraging people to contact us early to reserve a spot,” said Amy Madison, Executive Director for Economic Development San Marcos. For more information about sponsorship levels, download the 2010 Economic Outlook Luncheon Sponsorship flyer, or contact the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, 512.393.5900.
Event Information: DATE: Friday, February 26, 2010
TIME: 11:00a - 11:30a - Regsitration
11:30a-1:00p - Luncheon; Keynote Address; Panel of Experts LOCATION: City of San Marcos Conference Center, 3101 South IH-35, San Marcos, TX 78666 TICKETS: $35.00 per person; Sponsorships Available RSVP DEADLINE: 5:00p.m. Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Dr. John Duca co-leads and conducts research in macroeconomics and finance for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He has been with the Bank since 1991. He has given numerous briefings on the economy to the Bank’s president and board of directors. Duca has published more than 50 articles on money, credit, wages and housing in scholarly journals and Bank publications. Much of this research analyzes how innovations have altered economic relationships relevant to the macro-economy and monetary policy. From 1986 to 1991, Duca was a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Board, where he briefed former chairmen Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker and other Fed policymakers. Additionally, he was a part-time lecturer at the University of Maryland. He is currently a part-time lecturer at Southern Methodist University. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.
Dr. James LeSage joined Texas State University in 2006 and currently is the Fields Endowed Chair in Urban and Regional Economics. He is past president of the North American Regional Science Council and North American editor of Papers in Regional Science. Recently he has been elected a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International, an acknowledgement of his scholarly contributions to the Regional Science discipline. His most recent book titled: Introduction to Spatial Econometrics was published in January, 2009 by CRC Press. He has been named as one of the top 50 publishers worldwide of applied econometrics research in 15 leading economics journals and listed as one of the 10 most influential authors in regional science. He will be giving a keynote address to the Spatial Econometrics Society in Barcelona, Spain this coming July.
Dr. David Beckworth is a macroeconomist who researches global economic imbalances, business cycles, and deflation. Formerly, he was an international economist in the Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury. While there, he was responsible for monitoring foreign economies and assessing the probability of financial crises emerging abroad. David also supported the U.S. Treasury in its engagements with international institutions like the IMF and with foreign finance ministries.
Dr. Paul R. Gowens, professor of economics, NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative, chair of TexasState’s Athletic Advisory Council, and a member of the Southland Conference Advisory Council. Dr. Gowens received the B.A. degree in mathematics and economics (1965) and the M.S. degree in education (1968) from BaylorUniversity. His Ph.D. in economics was conferred by the University of Mississippi in 1975. In addition to teaching at the university level for over 30 years he has served as dean of TexasState’s College of Business Administration (1984-1999) and chairman of TexasState’s Department of Finance and Economics (1980-84).
